Social structure mediates environmental effects on group size in an obligate cooperative breeder, Suricata suricatta

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 587-597

  Bateman, A W ^a   Ozgul, A ^a,b   Nielsen, J F ^c,d   Coulson, T ^b   Clutton Brock, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographic decomposition; Environmental stochasticity; GAM; Generalized additive model; Group dynamics; Local dynamics; Meerkats; Monte Carlo simulation; Northern cape; Obligate cooperative breeders; Population dynamics; Social species; South Africa; Stage structure; Suricata suricatta

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BREEDING SEASON; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUSOCIALITY; GROUP SIZE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFALL; SMALL MAMMAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MONGOOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 84876123053     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2122.1     Document Type: Article

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